Eraso
INFORMATION
FontID: 08552ERA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: c/ San Miguel, 8, 31869 Eraso, Navarra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located off local road NA-4130, 4-5 km N ot Irurzun, 26 km NW of Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Pamplona
Font Location in Church: Beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church Notes: 13thC early-Gothic church; much modified since;
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V**: 6): medieval baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with ribbed pattern raised on a plain cylindrical base, a circular lower base and a square plinth. Noted in the Eusko Ikaskuntzarekin elkartu [https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/artikuluak/artikulua.php?id=eu&ar=39640&ep=130863#] [accessed 11 June 2022]: "La pila bautismal es medieval, y lleva plinto, basa circular, fuste corto cilíndrico y una taza semiesférica gallonada."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 597437 4755924
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: four?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]